Join us for three relaxing workshops at the Museum of Homelessness where you can learn how to create art alongside nature in the most bio-diverse space in Finsbury Park.
Your ticket entitles you to attend all three workshops running on:
- 22nd June 2025
- 29th June 2025
- 6th July 2025
Week 1: Daisy balm making and Gelli-plate printing.
In the first workshop of the series, we will be making our own healing daisy balm and beautiful prints using plants from our garden. Our facilitators will guide you through the process of making balm, why daisies are the perfect flower to promote skin healing and how to use other plants and herbs in a similar way. We will then let you loose to pick interesting plants and textures straight from our garden to use as your printing medium to create beautiful Gelli-plate works of art.
Week 2: Sketching and Tile-making
For our final session, we’ll give you time to sketch within the beautiful garden space of the Museum and guide you on how to turn that sketch into a unique piece of art using the leaf and plant-life that inspired you. Using air-dry clay, we’ll create beautiful flower-printed tiles using a few different methods.
Week 3: Terrariums and Tea
Inspired by our hand-made planters in the Museum garden, you will be creating a mini-terrarium using some of the seedling plants grown in our greenhouse. We will also guide you through the fundamentals of how to make your own nettle and stickyweed tea, both plants known to have anti-hayfever and healing properties.
ACCESS
The museum is accessible for powerchair and wheelchair users and an accessible toilet is also available.
We have quiet room which is available to use at any point in this workshop if you need space to chill out.
Carers/interpreters go free.
All rooms in the museum have HEPA grade air filters which operate at any time the site is in use, to reduce the risk of airborne infections.
We are always working towards better access and balancing a wide range of needs on our small site. Please let us know if we can do anything to make your visit more comfortable.
If you would like to attend but the ticket price is a barrier, please email Emmie@museumofhomelessness.org as we have limited spaces for members of the community and those on low/no income to be able to participate.